No.3.POPULATION.—Return showing the Population in the Registry Districts, at the Censuses of 1861 and 1871 respectively, and the increase of the same in the decennial period 1861-1871.

Registry Districts.	Population.						Increase.
	1861.			1871.			Numerical.			Centesimal.			Centesimal Annual Average.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
Total of the Registry Districts	350,860	198,488	152,372	503,981	275,551	228,430	153,121	77,063	76,058	43.64	38.82	49.91	4.36	3.88	4.99
	Including the Shipping—						Including the Shipping—
	1,910	1,842	68				492	516	24
							Increase.	Increase	decrease.
Sydney	56,840	27,657	29,183	76,159	37,785	38,374	19,319	10,128	9,191	31.19	30.95	31.38	3.12	3.10	3.14
							or 17726	8,569	9,157
							deducting 1871 Shipping.
Balmain	3,947	1,868	2,079	6,886	3,191	3,695	2,939	1,323	1,616	74.46	70.82	77.73	7.45	7.08	7.77
Glebe	3,712	1,748	1,964	5,721	2,751	2,970	2,009	1,003	1,006	54.15	57.38	51.22	5.41	5.74	5.12
Newtown	4,236	2,004	2,232	6,601	3,144	3,457	2,365	1,140	1,225	55.83	56.88	54.88	5.58	5.69	5.49
Redfern and Botany	6,701	3,277	3,424	12,621	6,297	6,324	5,920	3,020	2,900	88.34	92.16	84.69	8.83	9.22	8.47
Paddington	6,794	3,160	3,634	11,411	5,317	6,094	4,617	2,157	2,460	67.96	68.26	67.69	6.80	6.83	6.77
Concord	2,356	1,207	1,149	3,520	1,667	1,853	1,164	460	704	49.40	38.11	61.27	4.94	3.81	6.13
St. George	5,647	2,818	2,829	8,438	4,232	4,206	2,791	1,414	1,377	49.42	50.17	48.67	4.94	5.02	4.87
St. Leonards	3,453	1,686	1,767	5,126	2,549	2,577	1,673	863	810	48.45	51.18	45.84	4.85	5.12	4.58
*Country Registry Districts	255,264	151,221	104,043	367,498	208,618	158,880	112,234	57,397	54,837	43.65	37.43	52.69	4.36	3.74	5.27
							or 111425	56,598	54,827
							deducting 1871 Shipping.